Month January 2020

A Dutch district court on Wednesday ruled that it does not have jurisdiction to hear a case against former IDF chief Benny Gantz brought by a Dutch-Palestinian who lost six… Read more » The post Dutch Court Not Competent to… Continue Reading →

A Dutch district court on Wednesday ruled that it does not have jurisdiction to hear a case against former IDF chief Benny Gantz brought by a Dutch-Palestinian who lost six… Read more » The post Dutch Court Not Competent to… Continue Reading →

With Avigdor Liberman declaring that his Yisrael Beytenu party would vote in favor of imposing Israeli sovereignty on communities in Yehudah and Shomron, analysts said Wednesday that the ball was… Read more » The post Analysts: Sovereignty Issue Could Make… Continue Reading →

Syrian troops are in full control of a key rebel-held town in the country’s northwest after days of intense fighting and airstrikes that displaced tens of thousands of people, the… Read more » The post Syrian Troops Capture Key Town… Continue Reading →

Former Vice President Joe Biden stopped short Tuesday of saying he’d support Bernie Sanders if the progressive Vermont senator wins the Democratic presidential nomination. “I’m not going to make judgments now,” Biden told reporters in Muscatine, six days before the… Continue Reading →

Defense Minister Naftali Bennett said Wednesday that a special panel would be established in the coming days to examine specific issues relating to the imposition of Israeli sovereignty on areas… Read more » The post Bennett: Don’t Wait Until After… Continue Reading →

British Airways has suspended all direct flights to and from mainland China, one of the biggest names in aviation to do so, as worries grow about the impact of a… Read more » The post British Airways Suspends Direct Flights… Continue Reading →

Shares advanced in most Asian markets on Wednesday after a rebound on Wall Street that reversed most losses from a sell-off the day before. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng dropped 2.8%… Read more » The post Asian Shares Mostly Higher After… Continue Reading →

The United States and Japan flew citizens out of the Chinese city at the epicenter of a new virus outbreak on Wednesday, as the death toll rose sharply to 132… Read more » The post China Virus Toll Exceeds 130;… Continue Reading →

Baba Sali zt”l We (Yad L’Achim) have arranged for a special tefillah by grandsons of the Baba Sali & Talmidei Chachamim of Yad L’Achim, to take place Thursday, 4th of Shevat, at the hilula (yahrtzeit) of the holy BABA SALI,… Continue Reading →

I was getting married on Wednesday evening, and by Monday morning, all the errands on my to-do list had been done. Aside from making a big grocery order, the day loomed empty and long. I wasn’t going in to work;… Continue Reading →

I’ve been a singer, songwriter and keyboardist for over 20 years. As one of the first chasidic keyboardists in the world, I have had the privilege of playing at many events and in the presence of almost all of the… Continue Reading →

Having learned its lesson in the last two elections, Kachol Lavan made sure to control the media agenda this time around. In fact, the MKs of Kachol Lavan showed that despite their relative inexperience in parliamentary maneuvering, they’re still capable… Continue Reading →

When I visited Saudi Arabia in December of 2018, I was one of the first 1,000 tourists to visit the kingdom in modern history. In an effort to test the waters of tourism in the slowly evolving country, the Saudi… Continue Reading →

I am perhaps the only Auschwitz historian who has never visited Auschwitz. During the Carter and Reagan administrations, I was a GS 13 Supervisory Trial Attorney in the Justice Department’s Criminal Division. In 1979, I became the very first DOJ… Continue Reading →

Security has become the number-one issue on the minds of American Jews due to an increase in anti-Semitic attacks. Recent acts of violence in places like shuls and kosher markets have engendered a very clear demand from the Jewish community… Continue Reading →

In the heart of Cambodia’s bustling capitol Phnom Penh, a ceremony was about to begin at the prestigious Le Royal hotel. The name of the hotel was fitting for this particular affair; the guests of honor were primarily of Cambodian… Continue Reading →

We’re strolling side by side, the boy I’m dating and I, when he asks The Question. Not that I didn’t expect it—both of us knew that a l’chaim was in the process of being set up in my house—but with… Continue Reading →

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Apple is still reaping huge profits from the iPhone while mining more moneymaking opportunities from the growing popularity of its smartwatch, digital services and wireless earbuds. That combination produced a banner season for a company whose… Continue Reading →

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Following Israel’s announcement on Sunday that Israelis can now travel to Saudi Arabia for specific purposes such as business or religious pilgrimages for Muslims, Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister stated on Monday that Israeli citizens are not welcome in the country…. Continue Reading →